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J. A. MARTN, STRASBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 85,839, dated Jamie/ry 12, 1869.-

IMPROVEMENT m GATE-LATOHES.

Y i 'The Bhedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making p'art of the same.

of the recess, as shown, when either of the extensions e is pressed upon, the similar extension on the plate b will encounter the stud-pin e, and the said 'plate be raised thereby7 so that the projection d, axed to the To all whom it ina/y concern.'-

lljie weight ofthe gate u pon the plate a will serve -to keep the latter in its horizontal position, and, when on it, the plate.b,removed from. contact with the studpin, will fall, and enclos(l the projection in the .rectangure 1 1s a front view of a gate provided with my improved latch.

Figure 2 is a.- detail Jziew of the latch-mechanism, showing its arrangement in a, recess in the post,-

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object'- of this invention is to provide a simple and eiiective gate-lateh, which is not liable to get out of repair, and which supports part .of the weight 'of the gate.

It consists in thepeculiar construction and operation ofthe same, as will 'be hereinafter more fully described.

The 'plates a and b arearranged within a suitable recess in the gate-post A, the plate a being pivoted therein by a bolt, j; on which the said plate vibrates,

71, h are holes in the plates a and b, through which to pass the ring of a padlock, when the gate is to be locked.

The upper surfaces ofthe extensions c c are curved downward slightly', so that the projection d on the gate will slide 'over one of' them into the notches of the plates Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ygate-latch, constructed, as described, of the upper and lower notched plates a b, pivoted together at "[1, and to the gate-post atj, and. arranged to operate inA connection with the pin e, in the manner described for the purpose specified.

' J.. A. MARTEN.

Witnesses:

E. M. EBERMAN,

The plate b being pivote'd to the plate a., by a bolt Louis A. BACHMAN.

or rivet, g, and a stud-pin, e, being arranged in the side gate,.will be permitted to' escape and the gate opened.

when the gate isswung to and from either direction. 

